UNSPSC 50405603: Cheese peppers

The variety of peppers known as cheese peppers

UNSPSC 50405603 Cheese peppers is a Commodity code. State and local governments rarely solicit this specific produce item on its own; recent procurement activity shows schools and public institutions procuring fresh produce under broader commodity codes that encompass mixed fruit and vegetable categories. The few recent opportunities that name cheese peppers do so as one line item within comprehensive fresh-produce solicitations intended to supply school nutrition programs, institutional food service, and USDA Child Nutrition Reimbursable meal components. School districts, county education boards, and institutional food service operations (such as the Texas Department of Criminal Justice) issue most produce-related solicitations, typically using IFB or RFP vehicles with response dates spanning March through July 2026.

Geographic concentration in recent activity is heavily weighted toward Georgia and Texas. Georgia school districts—including Bartow County Schools, Dougherty County Board of Education, Bryan County Schools, Glynn County Board of Education, and others—have posted multiple RFPs and IFBs for fresh produce between March and May 2026. Texas procurement, led by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and school districts including Northside Independent School District, Austin Independent School District, and McAllen Independent School District, accounts for a second major cluster. A Connecticut solicitation (Meriden Public Schools, RFP 02641, proposals due February 25, 2026) and a Missouri procurement (Rockwood R-VI School District, bids due April 29, 2026) represent broader regional activity. The Bartow County Schools RFP 10-2026-019 (due June 22, 2026) and the Douglas County School System RFP SN 26-004 (due March 4, 2026) exemplify the scale: both seek comprehensive fresh-produce supply with estimated annual values in the millions and delivery to dozens of school sites. Cheese peppers appear as unspecified line items within these broader produce specs rather than as dedicated solicitations, signaling modest standalone demand for this commodity and strong integration into mixed-vegetable institutional purchasing.